LiquidSky Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 10 minutes ago, uhhello said: Crazy, media got it wrong I think. Disregard then. I'm not shocked with how often they get anything aviation wrong. It was a completely believable story though 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger41 Posted December 22, 2022 Share Posted December 22, 2022 Sounds like the good people of Stillwater wanted a new runway and saw Uncle Sugar as a way to get there. 1 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majestik Møøse Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 I’ve had to walk Airfield Managers through their own pubs to figure out weight bearing capacity twice. They no shit had no idea what their taxiways were good for. I’m guessing there’s a good chance the Stillwater manager thought he was ok until he wasn’t. Keep those emails, kids. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arg Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Majestik Møøse said: I’ve had to walk Airfield Managers through their own pubs to figure out weight bearing capacity twice. They no shit had no idea what their taxiways were good for. I’m guessing there’s a good chance the Stillwater manager thought he was ok until he wasn’t. Keep those emails, kids. Single tandem, double tandem, triple tandem. What does it mean, it's so complicated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sua Sponte Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 At least the gear was down this time. 6 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFM this Posted December 23, 2022 Share Posted December 23, 2022 18 hours ago, Sua Sponte said: At least the gear was down this time. At least they trenched the intended runway... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyEng Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 Task and Purpose has done a decent job of reporting this story (not too bad for a grunt!) https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-c-17-oklahoma-runway-damage/?fbclid=IwAR1Q1zQEqrizLtE1SI0-PLG-TiPm3I8rSyO-Z8nF8IODPrJAuLL8xeoUqAg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majestik Møøse Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 On 12/22/2022 at 2:21 PM, Danger41 said: Sounds like the good people of Stillwater wanted a new runway and saw Uncle Sugar as a way to get there. “Stillwater Regional Airport has briefed the offices of Sen. James Lankford, Sen. Jim Inhofe, the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission and the Federal Aviation Administration.” Not too far out of the realm of possibility. Trying to get some of that $1.7T spending bill that just passed? The airport has big growth aspirations and is planning to build a commercial terminal in 2024. Personally I’m rooting for the C-17 crew to show up guns blazing with facts. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danger41 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 Agreed. I hope they embarrass these fools if they’re really trying to scapegoat this crew. And then I hope they get a new airport. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
08Dawg Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 I’m not saying we all haven’t seen aircrews do some dumb shit with airplanes, but PCN, PPR, etc is basic Day one stuff, and especially old hat for you AMC types who land all over the place. The more I think about it, something seems rotten in Denmark, and by Denmark I mean Stillwater. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vito Posted December 29, 2022 Share Posted December 29, 2022 On 12/25/2022 at 8:17 PM, 08Dawg said: I’m not saying we all haven’t seen aircrews do some dumb shit with airplanes, but PCN, PPR, etc is basic Day one stuff, and especially old hat for you AMC types who land all over the place. The more I think about it, something seems rotten in Denmark, and by Denmark I mean Stillwater. What he said,,,C-17 101 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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